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Semiconductor Integrated optics book published

05/17/2021

The second edition of my book “Semiconductor Integrated Optics for Switching Light” has just been published (May 2021). Check out:-https://iopscience.iop.org/book/978-0-7503-3519-5 It’s a book on using semiconductor optical waveguides for controlling light. It provides a concise description of the physics and engineering of semiconductor optical waveguides for photonic and electronic switching with a focus on optical communication applications. It provides Python notebooks that illustrate the concepts discussed in the book. The book includes the following topics: linear and nonlinear optics, linear electro-optic effect electroabsorption and electrorefraction, nonlinear refraction, nonlinear optical devices.

There is supporting material in the form of a youtube video

There are are Python and Mathematica notebooks that can be used to help with the design of some of the devices discussed in the book.

Python notebooks at :-https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4506293

Mathematica notebooks:-https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4448672

Enjoy!

A schematic of the layout of a AlGaAs waveguide chip showing the layer structure and the mesa structure on top that confines the light laterally. The buffer layer is 
 thick Al0.25Ga0.75As. The active layer is   thick Al0.18Ga0.82As. The cladding layer is  thick Al0.25Ga0.75As. The mesa strip is  wide and  in height. The approximate position of the guided light at the facet is indicated by the red area.
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